Portrait of Lucy, Lady Gage, daughter of William Knight, half-length, in an oyster satin dress and blue wrap, with a feathered headdress, feigned oval

Details

John Theodore (Dirck) Heins, Sen. (1697-1756)
Portrait of Lucy, Lady Gage, daughter of William Knight, half-length, in an oyster satin dress and blue wrap, with a feathered headdress, feigned oval
signed and dated 'Heins, Fec: 1748-' (lower left) and with identifying inscription (lower right)
oil on canvas
29½ x 25 in. (75 x 60.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Rev. Henry S. Gladstone.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 September 1978, lot 54 (sold £550).

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Lot Essay

The sitter, who was the daughter of William Knight of Kingerby, Lincoln, and sister and heir of Richard Knight, married Sir Thomas Rookwood Gage, 5th Bt., of Hengrave Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, and of Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Suffolk on 28 February 1746. She died on 3 September 1781 at the age of 59 and was buried at Hengrave.

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